The Story of PhiladelphiaAmerican book Company, 1900 - 384 Seiten |
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... citizens , but also to all other Americans . It was the birthplace of an independent commonwealth— the United States of America . In the military and political history of our country , Philadelphia occupies the foremost place . Here the ...
... citizens , but also to all other Americans . It was the birthplace of an independent commonwealth— the United States of America . In the military and political history of our country , Philadelphia occupies the foremost place . Here the ...
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... - ing its most critical periods , while the boys and girls of Philadelphia will realize that they are " citizens of no mean city . " LILLIAN IONE RHOADES . CONTENTS The First Settlers on the Delaware . William Penn 8.
... - ing its most critical periods , while the boys and girls of Philadelphia will realize that they are " citizens of no mean city . " LILLIAN IONE RHOADES . CONTENTS The First Settlers on the Delaware . William Penn 8.
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... citizen was required to be of good character , a freeman , twenty- one years of age , and a believer in the Deity . Courts of justice were instituted , trial by jury was established , and all persons had the privilege of pleading for ...
... citizen was required to be of good character , a freeman , twenty- one years of age , and a believer in the Deity . Courts of justice were instituted , trial by jury was established , and all persons had the privilege of pleading for ...
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... citizen of Germantown in those early days , every immigrant was required to have a passport of recom- mendation ... citizens . In time , when the tide of immigration increased , each immigrant was obliged to pay one pound sterling ...
... citizen of Germantown in those early days , every immigrant was required to have a passport of recom- mendation ... citizens . In time , when the tide of immigration increased , each immigrant was obliged to pay one pound sterling ...
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Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell. In order that every citizen should understand and appreciate the government under which he lived , it was ordered that all the people should assemble on the 19th of January each year , and hear the ...
Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell. In order that every citizen should understand and appreciate the government under which he lived , it was ordered that all the people should assemble on the 19th of January each year , and hear the ...
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Seite 279 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Seite 162 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 272 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Seite 185 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Seite 178 - The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, -still haunted the minds of many. For this reason, those passages which conveyed censures on the people of England were struck out, lest they should give them offence.
Seite 36 - I have sent my commissioners to treat with you about land, and a firm league of peace...
Seite 42 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people.
Seite 52 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Seite 279 - That from and after the fourth day of July next, the Flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union have twenty stars, white in a blue field.
Seite 187 - Resolved, That a general be appointed to command all the Continental forces raised, or to be raised, for the defence of American liberty.